agelong

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled age-long

US /ˈeɪdʒlɔːŋ/ UK /ˈeɪdʒlɒŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
lasting for an age; enduring for a very long time

The two clans nursed an agelong feud over the river.

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Synonyms

1 adj · lasting for an age;... age-oldperennial enduring everlasting perpetuallongstanding

Opposites

brief fleeting momentary transient

Word family

Related forms age ageless lifelong

Etymology

A compound of age + long, formed in English on the pattern of lifelong; age is from Old French aage, from Latin aetas ('age, lifetime'), and long from Old English lang.

aetas Latin lang Old English

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# agelong

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈeɪdʒlɔːŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈeɪdʒlɒŋ/

## Meanings
1. lasting for an age; enduring for a very long time

## Examples
- The two clans nursed an agelong feud over the river.

## Synonyms
- age-old
- perennial
- enduring
- everlasting
- perpetual
- longstanding

## Antonyms
- brief
- fleeting
- momentary
- transient

## Related Forms
- age
- ageless
- lifelong

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: aetas
- Root: lang

## Etymology
A compound of age + long, formed in English on the pattern of lifelong; age is from Old French aage, from Latin aetas ('age, lifetime'), and long from Old English lang.

## AI Etymology
Agelong is a compound of age + long, formed in English on the pattern of lifelong; age is from Old French aage, from Latin aetas ('age, lifetime'), and long from Old English lang. Important recorded forms include aetas (Latin) and lang (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers lasting for an age; enduring for a very long time. The wider family includes related words such as age, ageless, and lifelong.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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